History of Swedish Counties: Difference between revisions

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SWEDISH COUNTIES: (LÄN) USED IN THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG

BLEKINGE GOTLAND GÄVLEBORG

GÖTEBORG OCH BOHUS HALLAND JÄMTLAND

JÖNKÖPING KALMAR KOPPARBERG

KRISTIANSTAD KRONOBERG MALMÖHUS

NORRBOTTEN SKARABORG STOCKHOLM

SÖDERMANLAND UPPSALA VÄRMLAND

VÄSTERBOTTEN VÄSTERNORRLAND VÄSTMANLAND

ÄLVSBORG ÖREBRO ÖSTERGÖTLAND

Sweden has assigned a letter code for each county. The letter code is often used to identify the county and it is customary to refer to a county by its letter instead of its name, such as K-län for Blekinge and AC-län for Västerbotten. The official country codes are as follows:

• AB ..... Stockholm County & City
• AC ..... Västerbotten County
• BD ..... Norrbotten County
• C ....... Uppsala County
• D ....... Södermanland County
• E ....... Östergötland County
• F ....... Jönköping County
• G ....... Kronoberg County
• H ....... Kalmar County
• I ....... Gotland County
• K ....... Blekinge County
• M ....... Skåne County
• N ....... Halland County
• O ....... Västra Götaland County
• S ....... Värmland County
• T ........ Örebro County
• U ........ Västmanland County
• W ....... Dalarna County
• X ......... Gävleborg County
• Y ......... Västernorrland County
• Z ......... Jämtland County

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 VÄSTERBOTTEN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VÄSTERNORRLAND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VÄSTMANLAND
-ÄLVSBORG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ÖREBRO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ÖSTERGÖTLAND<br>&nbsp;
+ÄLVSBORG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ÖREBRO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ÖSTERGÖTLAND
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+Sweden&nbsp;has assigned a letter code for each county.&nbsp; The letter code is often used to&nbsp;identify the county and it is customary&nbsp;to refer to a county by its letter instead of its name, such as K-län for Blekinge and AC-län for&nbsp;Västerbotten. The official country codes are as follows:
+<br>• AB ..... Stockholm County &amp; City<br>• AC .....&nbsp;Västerbotten County <br>• BD ..... Norrbotten County <br>• C ....... Uppsala County <br>• D .......&nbsp;Södermanland County <br>• E .......&nbsp;Östergötland County <br>• F .......&nbsp;Jönköping County <br>• G ....... Kronoberg County <br>• H ....... Kalmar County <br>• I&nbsp; ....... Gotland County <br>• K .......&nbsp;Blekinge County <br>• M ....... Skåne County <br>• N ....... &nbsp;Halland County <br>• O ....... Västra Götaland County <br>• S .......&nbsp;Värmland County <br>• T ........&nbsp;Örebro County <br>• U ........ Västmanland County <br>• W ....... Dalarna County <br>• X ......... Gävleborg County <br>• Y ......... Västernorrland County <br>• Z ......... Jämtland County
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